What happpen to my cleaner shrimp?

[the oracle]

Jus purchase another 3 cleaner shrimp today. all 3 are healthy as it can be. But i realise after 1 hour, one sudden flip over and die. i see it very healty suddenly jus gone. What happen? IS it bcos of the water? Why the rest are ok but not this shrimp? This is the second incident liao. 1 st incident 2 out of 3 shrimp also jus gone like that.

[Achilles Tang]

Shrimps require careful acclimatization... not advisable to just pour in. They don't adjust as fast as fish.

[Underwater]

For shrimps, you'll need to acclimate properly and release them slowly. Try not to dump in straight away to the bottom of the tank. For me, l'll usually release them at the highest LR area and let them crawl down to the bottom.

You mentioned tt the rest are ok, are they shrimps as well? If not, it may also be due to one of your water parameters. Check your SG, pH...

[the oracle]

For shrimps, you'll need to acclimate properly and release them slowly. Try not to dump in straight away to the bottom of the tank. For me, l'll usually release them at the highest LR area and let them crawl down to the bottom.

You mentioned tt the rest are ok, are they shrimps as well? If not, it may also be due to one of your water parameters. Check your SG, pH...

Ok will try tonite. What if there is something wrong with ph level or sg level? What can i do? Thanks! Still a newbie!

[Underwater]

if pH too low you'll need to buffer up and you need to increase SG if too low cos shrimps cannot take too low a SG level unlike fishes.

[the oracle]

My water now is ph 8.2 so i guess it should be ok. Now i have 3 cleaner in my tank 2 of them quite stable and one abit weak. the feeler are short and seem like being bitten off. Its body also pale white and not as yellow as other 2 cleaner. Anyone know why?

[the oracle]

Anyone know what is the reason why my shrimp body is turning white? Is it a sight of something happening to my shrimp?

[the oracle]

one more gone today. my ph is 8.2. but till now not sure what is wrong. my boxer is ok but my six clearner now left 1 and all die after turn whitish in colour. Usually yellow color.

[RockyBoy]

I think your tank is not matured enough. Is your tank still in cycling process? Probably high nitirite.

[kareen]

one more gone today. my ph is 8.2. but till now not sure what is wrong. my boxer is ok but my six clearner now left 1 and all die after turn whitish in colour. Usually yellow color.

Possible 1: Is your boxer shrimp bullying the cleaner? Since the boxer are "more fierce" than cleaner and is already in your tank for some time.

Possible 2: PH and SG ok.... how about temperature? I have experiences that my fire and cleaner shrimps disappearing in my tank when my tank temperature is kind of high around 30 to 33C.....

[the oracle]

my tank is really high around 30 degree. you mean cloearner cant take high temperature? have bought a chiller today.

[jasonpoh]

many cleaner shrimps die due to sudden intro to tank. usually its due to

PH, and salinity shock.

some LFS had ever exprience 100% casualty due to this reason.

packaging water from overseas have very high salinity and low PH.

shrimp's own body waste lowers the PH in the small pack of water over 2days.

therefore when buying live stock that's still in the shipment packaging, u got to be extra careful.

also shrimps are very sensitive to ammonia, nitrite and nitrate.

[big_ben102000]

30 degrees will be too high a temp IMO .. but my boxter survive in my tank. depends on your climatizing skills. dumping them staight into the tank is definately a no no.

u might wanna put the shrimps in the container and add abit of your tank water slowly before releasing them.

cheers

[Morpheous]

If u are rearing only fish only, a fan will do to lower your temp.

Ur temp is indeed to high, keep below 30 degrees will be fine.

[bgrking]

Hi Reefers,

Will shrimps die if the temperature fluctuates from 22 degrees celcius (morning) to 29 degrees (noon) to 27 degrees (night) ?

Thank you

Best Regards,

bgrking

[LaW]

22 degree C is way too low. 27 is acceptable and 29 is just barely acceptable.

from what i observe from my cleaner shrimps, they turn white normally after they molt(changing of shell) but the "yellow" will soon be back after a week or so.

and also shrimps will die during molting if there is not enough iodine in your water.

buy some iodine supplement or do regualar water changes to replenish it.

and be patience, do acclimate ur shrimps properly to prevent "shock". don't just dump it in. they dun adapt as fast as fish.

for acclimation method click here: about and acclimation methods

for me i prefer the dripping method using IV lines and once in a while if im feeling lazy, i use the measuring cup method. so far so good, no casualty till date from "shock" *finger crossed*

happy reefing and good luck on your next batch of cleaners!

[the oracle]

wow how you get 22 deg? that is too cold and waste electricity! As for now i left with last shrimp in my tank but it is happy as ever. nothing goes wrong with it now. probably it is too warm and now bought a chiller. All my other fishes and coral are blooming. Guess cant save a chiller if you want to keep marine fishes.

[bgrking]

Hi Oracle,

I sometimes use air-con at night so when i wake up the next morning it is 22 degrees even if i set the air con temperature to operate at 24 degrees.

Hi LaW,

Noted. Thank you.

Best Regards,

bgrking

[cornyfish]

Other than sudden change in water parameters (most commonly due to inadequate acclimatisation before introduction into the tank, or due to massive water changes), other common causes of cleaner shrimp deaths are due to bullying by other tank mates.

Common culprits:

1) Groupers and wrasses

2) Pistol shrimps

3) Boxer shrimps

- They will gradually trim the feelers of your cleaner/blood shrimps every day and generally harass them to death... even if your cleaner/blood shrimp is much bigger than the boxer. My personal experience.